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RAISE(3) | 
Library Functions Manual | 
RAISE(3) | 
NAME
 raise — send a signal to the current thread
LIBRARY
 Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
 #include <signal.h>
int
raise(int sig);
 
DESCRIPTION
 The raise() function sends the signal sig to the current thread.
RETURN VALUES
 Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
 The 
raise() function may fail and set 
errno for any of the errors specified for the library functions 
_lwp_self(2) and 
_lwp_kill(2).
 
STANDARDS
 The raise() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”) and Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification.